Conventional TV sets can be made “digital-ready” by attaching them to a set-up box that costs about P1,000.

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The National Telecommunications Commission is expected to come up with implementing rules and regulations for the migration to digital television
before the year ends.

Secretary Coloma said: “Adoption of this system is aligned with the government’s objective of zero casualties in times of calamities, as with the Japanese experience when the system quickly flashed the tsunami alert following the devastating March 2011 Tohoku earthquake.”